Kelley, Lauren. (2011, January 28). 75-Year Prison Sentence for Taping the Police? The Absurd Laws That Criminalize Audio and Video Recording in America. AlterNet. Retrieved January 31, 2011, from http://www.alternet.org/story/149706/75-year_prison_sentence_for_taping_the_police_the_absurd_laws_that_criminalize_audio_and_video_recording_in_america What would you do in this case?
Archive for January, 2011
AlterNet: laws that criminalize A-V recording in the U.S.
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies, Radio, Television on January 31, 2011 | Comments Off
paidContent: Sen. Dems. push for tougher net neutrality rules
Posted in Culture and Communications, Legal Studies, Library News on January 31, 2011 | Comments Off
Mullin, Joe. (2011, January 28). Senate Democrats Push For Even Tougher Net Neutrality Rules. paidContent. Retrieved January 31, 2011, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-senate-democrats-push-for-even-tougher-net-neutrality-rules/ Looks at the work of Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state & Al Frankin of Minnesota. I’m taking the bill to be S. 74: Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion & Consumer Protection Act
MediaDailyNews: NYT rushes to shore up pay wall model
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism on January 31, 2011 | Comments Off
Sass, E. (2011, January 28). ‘New York Times’ Rushes To Shore Up Pay Wall Model. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved January 31, 2011, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=143856&nid=123180 Sass describes the Grey Lady pay wall to-be, “The NYT pay wall has previously been described by NYTCO execs as a hybrid system that would allow most users to continue reading some [...]
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight: Sneak Peek
Posted in Culture and Communications, Legal Studies, Television on January 27, 2011 | Comments Off
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Variety: DreamWorks draws up talent
Posted in Television on January 27, 2011 | Comments Off
Variety Staff. (2011, January 26). DreamWorks Animation draws up talent. Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2011, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030975?refCatId=10 From the lede: Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Alec Baldwin and Isla Fisher will voice the lead roles in DreamWorks Animation’s 3D epic “Rise of the Guardians.”
AlterNet: 10 best political docs of 2010
Posted in Documentary, Indymedia on January 27, 2011 | Comments Off
Atkinson, Michael. (2011, January 21). Get Angry: 10 of the Best Political Documentaries of the Last Year. AlterNet / In These Times. Retrieved January 27, 2011, from http://www.alternet.org/story/149635/get_angry%3A_10_of_the_best_political_documentaries_of_the_last_year We had a couple of these featured docs to campus thanks to PCIM, including Gasland (Fox) & The Most Dangerous Man (with Ellsberg).
Gearlog: 10 geekiest animated series of all time
Posted in Television on January 26, 2011 | Comments Off
Heater, Brian. (2011, January 21). The 10 Geekiest Animated Series of All-Time. Gearlog. Retrieved January 26, 2011, from http://www.gearlog.com/2011/01/the_10_geekiest_animated_serie.php Saw this in my library association newsletter, go figure. And I was just remembering that I forgot about the Dungeons and Dragons series — was talking to someone about the proper pronunciation of Tiamet.
Yahoo! News: Introducing Ongo news
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism on January 26, 2011 | Comments Off
Lefkow, Chris. (2010, January 25). Startup Ongo enters online news arena. Yahoo! News. Retrieved January 26, 2011, from http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110125/tc_afp/usitmediaindustrynewspapersongo_20110125181637 From Lefkow’s lede: Ongo, a subscription-based service backed by The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today, launched on Tuesday promising a “new way to read, discover and share” news online.
HRW: World Report 2011
Posted in Legal Studies, Public Relations on January 26, 2011 | Comments Off
Human Rights Watch has posted their World Report 2011. It is available for purchase or download from their website.
TVBlog: CBS – Netflix — will there be streaming deals?
Posted in InfoTech, Television on January 25, 2011 | Comments Off
Goetzl, D. (2010, January 25). CBS Moves Slowing Into Streaming Deals, Netflix Eager To Sign. TVBlog. Retrieved January 25, 2011, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=143595&nid=123011 Goetzl considers what deals may come between CBS & such distributors as Netflix.
Ad Age: Super Bowl consumer spending to hit $10 billion
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications on January 25, 2011 | Comments Off
Zmuda, Natalie. (2011, January 25). Super Bowl Consumer Spending to Hit $10 Billion. Ad Age. Retrieved January 25, 2011, from http://adage.com/superbowl/article?article_id=148472 Sorry, no party at my house.
THR: Oscar nominations 2011: King’s speech leads with 12
Posted in Documentary, Television on January 25, 2011 | Comments Off
Kilday, Gregg. (2011, January 25). Oscar Nominations 2011: King’s Speech Leads With 12. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2011, from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-nominations-2011-kings-speech-75473 Big news of the day: Oscar nods are in.
Fast Co.: Miscommunication @ work — a fix
Posted in Communications Management &Design on January 24, 2011 | Comments Off
Halverson, Heidi Grant. (2011, January 20). Too Much Miscommunication at Work? A Simple Fix. | Fast Company. Fast Company / Expert blog. Retrieved January 24, 2011, from http://www.fastcompany.com/1719246/too-much-miscommunication-at-work-a-simple-fix Halverson explores solutions to what experts call, “signal amplification bias”.
Olbermann is out @ MSNBC
Posted in Journalism, Public Relations, Television on January 24, 2011 | Comments Off
Lafayette, Jon. (2011, January 21). Olbermann Out At MSNBC. Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 24, 2011, from http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/462783-Olbermann_Out_At_MSNBC.php Moos, Julie. (2011, January 24). Transcript: Olbermann says goodbye to viewers as MSNBC contract ends abruptly. Poynter. Retrieved January 24, 2011, from http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/115845/transcript-keith-olbermann-says-goodbye-to-viewers-after-being-told-this-will-be-the-last-edition-of-countdown/ Johnson, Ted. (2011, January 21). Keith Olbermann exits MSNBC. Variety. Retrieved January 24, 2011, [...]
MediaPost.com: what you missed at OMMA
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Integrated Marketing Communications, Television on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off
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paidContent: WaPo launches Facebook-focused marketing agency
Posted in InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Kaplan, David. (2011, January 19). WaPo Launches Facebook-Focused Marketing Agency. paidContent. Retrieved January 20, 2011, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-wapo-introduces-facebook-branding-business-socialcode/ Kaplan describes SocialCode and compares it to other similar efforts.
RCFP: Sup Ct hears corporate privacy case
Posted in InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Deamer, Kacey. (2010, January 20). High court hears argument in FOI corporate privacy case. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Retrieved January 20, 2011, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11679 Synopsis by Deamer, “The case, FCC v. AT&T, concerned a federal Freedom of Information Act request for documents regarding a Federal Communications Commission investigation into AT&T’s participation in [...]
MediaPost: Digital video grabs 180 million visitors monthly
Posted in InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Television on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Friedman, Wayne. (2011, January 20). Digital Video Grabs 180 Million Visitors Monthly. MediaDailyNews. Retrieved January 20, 2011, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=143264&nid=122841 Looks at comScore data presented at OMMA video. Most people watch online video to fill in a missed episode. I just did that myself…
Dot. The world’s smallest stop-motion animation character shot on a Nokia N8
Posted in InfoTech, Television on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Saw this in a NFB.ca newsletter, 1/19/11 http://newsletters.nfb.ca/20110119/EN/ Dot. The world’s smallest stop-motion animation… Follow my videos on vodpod
MediaPost: Tobacco Marketing lures teens
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies on January 19, 2011 | Comments Off
Irwin, Tanya. (2011, January 19). German Study: Tobacco Marketing Lures Teens. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved January 19, 2011, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=143154&nid=122786 Mentions, “..Dr. James D. Sargent, a professor of pediatrics and family and community medicine at Dartmouth Medical Center in New Hampshire” who was co-author of a study that appeared online this month and will appear in [...]